Lorenzo to make landfall in Ireland. Severe Wind warning issued for Galway, Mayo, Clare, Kerry and Limerick

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Ex-Hurricane Lorenzo is now Storm Lorenzo, named by Met Éireann, the Irish Meteorological Service, making a landfall in Ireland. Met Éireann has updated its warnings. The warnings are also available directly on our Weather Warnings map.

National Warnings

Status: Orange

(Severe) Wind warning for Galway, Mayo, Clare, Kerry and Limerick

Southwesterly winds veering westerly will reach mean speeds 65 to 80km/h with gusts generally of 100 to 130km/h, higher in some coastal regions.

Storm surges will produce coastal flooding and damage.

Valid: Thursday 03 October 2019 18:00 to Friday 04 October 2019 06:00

Status: Yellow

(Moderate) Wind warning for Ireland

Southeasterly winds will reach mean speeds 50 to 65km/h with gusts 90 to 100km/h resulting in some disruptive impacts.

Valid: Thursday 03 October 2019 09:00 to Thursday 03 October 2019 18:00

Status: Yellow

(Moderate) Rainfall warning for Connacht, Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal
Status Yellow - Rainfall warning for Connacht, Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal

Spells of heavy rain at times today and tonight will result in some flooding.

Valid: Thursday 03 October 2019 09:00 to Friday 04 October 2019 06:00

Status: Yellow

(Moderate) Wind warning for Leitrim and Sligo

West veering northwest winds of mean speeds of 50 to 65km/h with gusts of 90 to 100km/h.

Valid: Thursday 03 October 2019 18:00 to Friday 04 October 2019 06:00

Marine Warnings

Status: Orange

(Severe) Gale Warning

South to southwest gales or strong gales on all Irish Coastal Waters and on the Irish Sea, reaching storm force 10 this evening and for a time tonight from Loop Head to Erris Head to Rossan Point.

Issued: Thursday 03 October 2019 17:00

Advisories

Status: Yellow

The effects of Storm Lorenzo will begin to be felt across Ireland this morning.
In early October, trees are mostly in full leaf with a large surface area, so even moderate strength winds can bring down weakened trees and/or tree limbs.

In addition, some trees may be compromised due to saturated soils at the moment, and with more rain likely some disruption due to falling trees/branches is likely. The rain, coupled with falling leaves may block drains and gullies, leading to surface flooding.

Coastal

Storm Lorenzo will produce significant swell, high waves and sizeable storm surges. This will lead to wave overtopping, some coastal flooding and damage.

Surface Flooding

Saturated soils and the expected heavy rainfall may lead to surface flooding.

River

River levels are currently elevated across the country and the rainfall may lead to river flooding in parts of the midlands, west and northwest. River levels will continue to rise after Storm Lorenzo has passed.

Valid: Thursday 03 October 2019 09:00 to Friday 04 October 2019 06:00

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